Sustaining Plants, People and Places

Ginter Urban Gardeners do more than create green spaces in Richmond urban neighborhoods. They bring neighbors together to help build stronger communities. When Ginter Urban Gardeners built a garden adjacent to Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in historic Jackson Ward, they planted over the foundations of a neighborhood decimated by construction of Interstate 95 in the early 1960s. The garden has become a place for the community to reflect and remember their past as they heal together. Broad Rock Community Garden, located in an area lacking access to healthy and affordable food, was created to provide a Resilient people and communities help restore our environment. source of fresh food and to be a centerpiece of the community. With a Little Free Library, picnic table and outdoor kitchen area, the garden has naturally evolved into a gathering place where neighbors teach each other cooking, nutrition, yoga and meditation. The kitchen garden at the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority’s (RBHA) North Campus also provides more than a source of healthy food; it offers an outlet for residents recovering from substance abuse. Therapeutic gardening can help people achieve and maintain long-term recovery. For the residents of RBHA, the new garden has become a healing space for physical, psychological and social growth.

Through these projects and others, Ginter Urban Gardeners are cultivating equity and healing in communities that have suffered economic, environmental, generational and psychological trauma. They are learning and teaching others the skills to build authentic relationships and transform their environments.

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THANK YOU Your generosity helps make vital programs such as Ginter Urban Gardeners possible. Because of you, we can offer free admission to low-income families, grow fresh produce for the food bank, offer nature-based educational programs for children and so much more. We hope you will consider donating to the Annual Fund today. Together, we’re connecting people through plants to improve this community we share.

We are deeply grateful to our local corporate partner, Sabra Dipping Company, whose community outreach initiative, Plants with a Purpose, is generously supporting our programs to teach children how to grow and enjoy healthy food.